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How Does GPS Actually Work and Why Many GPS Devices are About to Stop Working (2019x86)

Udgivelsesdato: Apr 02, 2019

This video is s→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Simon on social media: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: Who Invented the Internet and What Did Al Gore Actually Have to Do With It? https://youtu.be/HpMgne-X-Ns Can Shooting Plastic Explosive Really Set Them Off? https://youtu.be/46I7VTaLM6Q In this video: Developed over the course of decades, GPS has become far more ubiquitous than most people realize. Not just for navigation, its extreme accuracy in time keeping (+/- 10 billionths of a second) has been used by countless businesses the world over for everything from aiding in power grid management to helping manage stock market and other banking transactions. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2019/03/how-does-gps-actually-work-and-why-many-gps-devices-are-about-to-stop-working/ Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_L._Easton v https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Parkinson https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/navservices/gnss/gps/howitworks/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_A._Getting https://www.gps.gov/governance/advisory/meetings/2017-11/powers.pdf https://www.orolia.com/resources/blog/lisa-perdue/2018/gps-2019-week-rollover-what-you-need-know https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_(satellite) https://www.gpsworld.com/origins-gps-part-1/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasor_measurement_unit https://www.wateronline.com/doc/wnro-effects-could-be-worse-than-y2k-0004 http://www.leapsecond.com/notes/gpswnro.htm https://www.gps-repeaters.com/blog/gps-week-number-rollover-april-6th-2019/ http://www.thespacereview.com/article/626/1 https